HASTE | Prometheus Run (VAN)
Electron launched the Prometheus Run (VAN) mission for Rocket Lab from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA on Nov 18, 2025 (UTC).
Launch pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) · Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
HASTE | Prometheus Run (VAN)
Launched Nov 18, 2025 10:00:00 PMSuccess
Flight direction
90° E
orbit unknown: due east assumed
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the mission
Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program. This mission was lead by MDA and deployed a government-provided primary payload developed by the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL), and multiple secondary payloads by federal and industry partners, which tested key technologies for missile defense applications. The mission was contracted to Rocket Lab through the DIU’s Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities (HyCAT) program, an initiative supporting test and evaluation of new and emerging hypersonic technologies through low cost, responsive and long endurance flight testing.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Tue, Nov 18 · 10:00:00 PM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- Rocket Lab
- Rocket
- Electron
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Sub
- Launch pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) · Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA